Nights for Wednesday 24 September 2014
7:10 Irish Famine Monuments
The Irish Famine 1845-1852 is now the most visualised experience of the Irish across the globe, through memorials and public art. With Dr Emily Mark-FitzGerald from University College Dublin's School of Art History and Cultural Policy.
7:30 Spectrum
People, places and events in New Zealand.
8:10 Windows on the World
International public radio documentaries - visit the Windows on the World web page to find links to these documentaries.
8:40 Arts Ambassador - Poetry
NMIT creative-writing educator Cliff Fell recites the influence of the "classic" poems and poets – the Border Ballads, dating from times of medieval skirmishes and raids between lowland Scots and the Northumbrians.
9:06 The Wednesday Drama - Wrecks, by Damien Wilkins
After their boat is wrecked in a storm, an Italian immigrant family's superstitions come to the fore (RNZ)
10:00 Late Edition
A review of the news from Morning Report, Nine to Noon, Afternoons and Checkpoint. Also hear the latest news from around the Pacific on Radio New Zealand International's Dateline Pacific.
11:06 Night Lights Classic Jazz
Jazz Goes Folk (10 of 13, WFIU)